Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-08-24
Santa Monica Notes.


Brothers do their best to take the
stranger in, of course not in the invid-
ious sense.
Twice u week they have delightful
hops at this eclectic resort, and toilets
of notable excellence are the rule.
Bathing, both surf and artificial, is
the vogue with everyone. Whether 1t
is the hot salt water or the disporting
in the briny, the devotion OF the Ar
cadans is unlimited.
Several notably rfcherche costumes,
worn by demoiselles of marked come
illness, give interest to the bathing
hours. A modern edition OF the Ne-
nus Aphrodite excites universal in
terest.
It is generally conceded that New
Orleans is represented at the Arcadia
in an exceptionally beautiful form.
Gen. Miles in the pose OF u Roman
glad iator, is one of the notable figures
on the beach. AS outlined in bathing
costume the General embodies the
idea of strength with grace, just fall
ing short of the classic lines OF the
Apollo Belvedere.
BY the way, the formal Inaugural
ton OF Port Ballona the other day was
signalized by contre'emps of an
amusing character. Baron Rogniat
had invited friend to go with HIM to
this scene of transcontinental boute-
cersement. Costly ated in the
Baron's dog cart, behind Biche'te
(the which was the Baron $
mare) the party careered madly
southwark until the sand be-
came fully eighteen inches deep;
Bichette grew rapidly less and
less enamored Of the role of
"a Mazeppa enclosed in inexorable
shafts, and finally it became neces-
sary to regard her mute but eloquent
protests. She was consequently un-
and hitched to the dogcart
aforesaid. The Baron and his ''pard'
struck out for the Ballona, and found
the temperature genial. BY this time
the sand had increased to II depth OF
It least two feet, with temperature
correspondingly genial. By this time,
also, the perspiratory ducts OF the
Baron and his cOmpdgaon du coydge
were yielding more moisture than any
two OF the tunnels which have been
bored into the sides of the San Fer
nando mountains TO produce Adams
ale to fill the reservoirs which are to
make that ecstatic valley bloom like
the Rev. Charles Maclay's ever genial
The Baron had just ex-
claimed, in the language of Shaks-
peare, "Oh that this too, too solid
flesh of mine should melt" his COM
panion echoing ditto, when, with the
suddenness OF the slightly clad dam
sells in the Pantomime, n beautiful
creature stood before them, with a
wand in her elfin hand.
Behold" says she, in accents wild,
"the Pollywog." The perspiring
Baron lifted his sweat besmeared
eyes and discerned two adherents of
the Lord Baker, whose yacht the
Pollywog has been the scene of much
of yore. 1t was not long
before the Baron and his friend were
on the bosom of the CLASSY
lake, and within comparatively
short period they were seated beside
the Chevalier de Harvey and
the preux Chevalier Walter de
Moore in the goodly tent presided
over with dual solicitude by the
Messrs. ID. Freeman and his faithful
coadjutor Roster, two cards of this
latter gentleman's business serving the
Baron as boutonniere, and the rest oi
the party as reminder of where, for
u consideration, they could assuage
the pangs OF hunger.
The banquet sped its course, and
after the banquet came the oratorical
denouemeat, with all the dire results
indicated by such potentialities of
wordy misery. After Prof. Taylor had
finally recited Burns ode of "Scotts
Wha Hae WI Wallace Bled," and the
preux Chevalier Walter de Moore had
luaffed the last drop of the last mag
mum which contained the life-blood OF
Lannes, Due de Montebello, Kille-
dat Marengo, nearly hundred years
since, and whose disembodied spirit is
the inseparable companion OF the
Baron Rogniat, the distingue part OF
the company, started to return to the
Hotel Arcadia. Unfortunately they
undertook to retrace their steps by
that most unstable of all mediums.
water, and the tumultuous waters of
the nascent port of Balona at that.
The Chevalier de Harvey, weighing at
least ton, with at least ten magnums
Of the Due de Montebello deposited
under his belt, first planted himself
in the boat. Generals Miles and
and Baron Rogniat rapidly
followed; aud, these dignitaries hav-
ing led the way, the frail craft was
soon pressed down to the waters edge.
They Cheyalier de Harvey, address
ing the rowing crew, said: :Young
fellers, you carry we 'uns and our for
tunes, and look spry." Thus plunged
into the mad maelstrom, the perilous
voyage began. The waves ran noun
tain high, and the frail craft rocked to
and fro. At critical stage of the tu-
multi Genera miles was heard to say to
General Stoneman, General, don't
this remind you of Eneas's descrip-
ton to Queen Dido of that storm,
or other, which led the
poet to say, in the line OF reverie, as
it were,
''Forsan haec olin meminisse jarabit?'
General Stoneman, thus appealed
to, replied: 81 can't say that it does.
1t rather reminds me of those rattling
lines. apparent rari nantes IN CUR
ate uasto.' / am afraid Pm getting
off an old college joke on you, Miles,
but these waters sort of quicken my
recollections and remind me of early
times"
At this stage a notable eclaircisse-
ment supervened. If the Baron had
not been there such French
flied episode might not have
occurred. But great rocking was